''Art of Fighting'' () is a 2006

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co-written and directed by Shin Han-sol. The film was released to Korean theaters on January 5, 2006, and had 1,313,727 tickets nationwide.

Synopsis

Song Byeong-tae is bullied all the time in the small technical school he attends, until one day, he encounters and befriends Oh Pan-su, an old gangster-like man who hides in plain sight from the law, and whose fighting skills astound Byeong-tae, who asks the man to teach him to fight. He soon learns the true meaning and virtues of fighting as he finally goes against these bullies one by one and then after the toughest bully in the school, using the skills the man, whose name he doesn't even know, has taught him. Byeong-tae's father, on the other hand, is a distant police officer who suddenly starts taking a closer look at his son's new friend, eventually bringing consequences for everyone involved.

Cast

Baek Yoon-sik Baek Yoon-sik (born 16 March 1947) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his characteristic near-expressionless facial acting. Career Baek Yoon-sik made his debut in 1970 on KBS TV. In the coming years he would appear in four films, taking l ...

- Oh Pan-su *

Jae Hee Jae Hee (in korean: 재희; born Lee Hyun-kyun on May 25, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the 2004 arthouse film '' 3-Iron'' and the 2005 television series ''Sassy Girl Chun-hyang''. Career Jae Hee bega ...

- Song Byeong-tae *

Kim Eung-soo Kim Eung-soo (; born February 12, 1961) is a South Korean actor. Kim lived in Japan for seven years, where he studied filmmaking at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image The , formerly known as the Yokohama Broadcasting Technical School, is a ...

- Byeong-ho / Byeong-ho's father *

Choi Yeo-jin Choi Yeo-jin (; born July 27, 1983) is a South Korean-Canadian model-turned-actress. Career Choi Yeo-jin was born in South Korea, but after her parents divorced, they emigrated to Canada when she was in the first year of middle school. She dream ...

- Young-ae *

Park Won-sang Park Won-sang (born January 20, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television Theater Ambassadorship *Ambassador for 1st Democratization Movement Memorial Park Joint Memorial Cultural Festival (2022) References External ...

- Section chief Ahn * Hong Seung-jin - Pako *

Park Ki-woong Park Ki-woong (born February 13, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the TV series '' The Slingshot'' (2009) and '' Bridal Mask'' (2012), Return (2018) and Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (2019) as well as the films ''My Tutor F ...

- Jae-hoon * Jeon Jae-hyung - Boong-eo * Kwon Byung-gil - Assi * Son Byeong-wook - Yong-ho *

Kim Young-hoon Kim Young-Hoon (born October 2, 1978) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Web series References External links * * * * * 1978 births Living people South Korean male television actors Sout ...

- "White Shark" *

Jo Sung-ha Jo Sung-ha (; born August 8, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in '' The Yellow Sea'' (2010), '' Helpless'' (2012), and '' Korean Peninsula'' (2012) and '' The K2'' (2016). Filmography Film Television ...

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